Bottle.



. J. J. GAVIN.

BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED 06114. 1915.

1,179,622. Patented Apr. 18,1916.

STAFEST rrrcn JOHN J". GAVIN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TOCARR-LOWREY GLASS COMPANY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A CORPORATION OFMARYLAND.

BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed October 4, 1915. Serial No. 53,936.

To all whomz't may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. GA IN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented and discoveredcertain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of WlllCll the followingis a specification.

The present invention relates to bottles and stoppers therefor andconsists in the combinations and arrangements of parts .hereinafterdescribed and particularly set forth in the accompanying claim.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a construction of colognebottle and stopper which will effectively keep sealed the contentsagainst evaporation or losing its strength by exposure, and which w1llreadily allow the cologne to be dispensed 1n the form of a finelydivided spray.

The invention has for its further purpose to produce a bottle andstopper that wlll be simple in construction and of art1st1c design, andone wherein the stopper and the body of the bottle form a symmetricaland flush surface for convenience in handling, and to prevent thestopper from being easily displaced by accident.

The invention is shown by way of illustration, in the accompanyingdrawings,

wherein- Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional View thereof, Fig. 2 atransverse sectional view, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 adetail perspective view of the sealing body, and Fig. 4 a centralvertical sectional view of a modified construction.

Referring to the parts in detail, 1 designates the body of the bottle,which is of appropriate design and of that size usually employed forcontaining cologne, and the neck portion 2 thereof is annually cut awayto receive the cap 8, having a flange 4 whose surface 5 meets flush withthe surface of the body 1, after the manner illustrated. The reducedneck portion 2 forms the annular shoulder 2"* that engages with the edgeof the stopper flange 4. The outer surface of the flange 4 meets flushwith the outer surface of the bottle and thereby gives a continuous andunbroken exterior finish thereto.

A resilient or pliable body 6, preferably of cork, is fitted within theneck 2 of the bottle and forms a permanent part of the body structureand is adapted to receive,

. evaporation.

A disk 8, of thin glass or metal, is fitted in the resilient body 6 andis securely retained therein by an annular channel 9 that receives thebeveled edge 10 of said disk, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. A plurality ofnotches, or apertures, 11 are formed in the disk 8 and provide a seriesof openings that serve for dispensing the cologne in the form of afinely divided spray. These dispensing apertures are closed by thecentral portion 7 of the stopper or cap 3 when the latter is in positionand as shown in Fig. 1. The length of said portion 7 is such that theend thereof will just reach the disk 8 when the bottle cap is in appliedposition. To remove the contents of the bottle it is necessay only towithdraw the bottle stopper.

In the construction shown in Fig. 4, the bottle neck and stopper aredesigned after the manner shown in Fig. l, but the resilient body orcork 12 is, in this instance, shaped after the manner of a cup and isformed with a single aperture in the center of the base 13 that receivesthe central projecting portion 14. of the stopper to complete the sealwhen said stopper is applied.

A tapering tubular member 15, constructed preferably of the samematerial as the bottle body, is fitted withinthe cork member 12 and isformed with an annular flange 16 that overlies the respective upperedges of the cork body and the bottle neck, and these parts (2'. c thebody 12 and the tubular member 15) are adapted to form a permanent partof the body in the ordinary use of the bottle. Therefore, the stopper 3only is removed for dispensing purposes in this, as well as in theformer, instance.

The tubular member 15, together with the cork body 12, is adapted to beconveniently removed for filling the body, and to this end the edge ofthe flange portion 16 is formed with a rough surface. And in likemanner, the member 6, carrying the apertured disk 8, is adapted to beremoved from the neck of the bottle to fill the latter.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts without departing from bevelededge fitting Within said channel and held in position by the resiliencyof said body, said disk being formed to provide a plurality ofdispensing apertures, and a stopper of glass or the like fitted on theneck of the bottle and having a central projecting portion adapted tofit tightly Within said annular resilient body andform a seal therewith,and the end of said central porltlon immedlately overlying and closlngthe apertures in said disk, substantially as set forth.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Baltimore,Maryland, October, A. D. nineteen hundred and fifteen.

JOHN J GAVIN. [L. s.] Witnesses: i

f LOUIS H. VAN HoLLnN,

H. FREDK. UHLENBERG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five'eents each, by addressingthe"0ommissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

